Air-ship.



No. 866,655. PATENTED SEPT. 24, 1907.

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AIR SHIP.

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THEoDoRE xoENBRoDT,

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To all whom 'it may concemz' Be it known that I, THEODORE KORNBRODT, afcitizen of the vUnited States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Air-Ships, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in airships and more particularly to the means for propelling and steering them.

The object'of the'invention is to provide a simple and effective means whereby an airship or balloon may be propelled and steered' or guided in any direction by one orimore blasts of air created by Propellers and suitably directed by a steering mechanism.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel construction and the combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying draw-- ings, in which Y Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section through my improved airship; Fig. 2 is a top plan view; Fig. 3 is an end elevation; Fig. 4 is a detailed section on an enlarged scale through the Grear propeller casing and the attached parts of the invention and Fig. 5 is a plan view of'a slightly modified form'of the invention.

In the drawings 1 denotes the car or body of the improved airsln'p, which is suitablysuspended as at 2 from a gas bag or balloon 3 preferably of`elliptical form. `The gas bag 3 comprises a, casing or covering 4 arranged upon a suitable frame 5, and extending y longitudinally through its center is a tube 6 `which is open at bothends to provide a cylindrical chamber or passage 7 through the gas bag. The tube 6 consists of a covering 8 arranged upon a supporting frame 9, and it is'united at its ends to the ends of the bag 3 bythe casings l0, 11 of two rotary ,air propellers 12, 13. l These casings I0, l1 are of cylindrical form and have at their inner ends right angularly disposed attaching flanges 14, -l'ntowhich the bag 3 and tube 6 are respectively secured by means of bolts or the like y 16 andclamping rings or bands 17, as clearly shown y in Fig. 4.

- motor` 24 of any description. It will seen t ,"whe'n the latter is operated it' will drive the fans and ythereby create a strong current or draft of air through the chamber 7 in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 1.

Specification of Letters' Patent. i Application filed July 8,1907. lSerial ll`0.'382,668.

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a slot 25 formed in an extended portion 26 of the rear propeller casing 1,1, 0n which portion is secured by bolts 27 and a clamping ring 28, a tubular steering element 29. The latter forms a continuation of the air chamber or passage 7 and is so constructed that it may be turned or swung in any direction so that v the blast of air passing through said chamber may be so directed as to steer the airship.

While the steering tube or element 29 may be con structed and operated iny any suitable manner I preferably make the same resilient and' provide means whereby it may be bowed in any direction as indicated in dotted lines in Figs. /1 and 2. As shown the, steering tube is composed f an outer covering 30 arranged upon a cylindrical spiral frame 31 constructed of resilient metal and having at its outer end and their opposite ends are passed through suitable guides 34^suitably arranged on the bag or body 3. The lower ends of said operating cables extend down to the car l and any suitable means may be'provided so4 that the operator may readily control them'. It

will be noted that by properly manipulating one or more of these cables, the steering tube may be swung or bowed in any direction so as to vdischarge the blast of'air created in the chamber or passage 7 by the propellers 13, in such direction and thus permit the' ship to be readily'steered or guided.

InFig. 5 of the drawings I have shown the tube `6 which` forms the air passage 'or chamber 7 annged between two gas' bags 3, 3* instead of within a ingle bag as above described and shown in the other gures of lthe drawings. Itl will be understood that Athe tube 6 may be arranged at any suitable point upon .the ship and one or more of them may be employed.

H aving thus described my invention what I claim is:

1. In an airship, a chamber or passage, cylindrical casings arranged at the ends ofsaid chamber, propellers arranged n said casings for creatingl a blast of air through the chamber, an annular flange projecting radially from one A of said casings adjacent to its outer end, a. coil spring engaged 4with said end of the last mentioned casing andrabut- .'tin'g against said flange, a iexible covering arranged upon said spring and adapted to forma tubular, blast-directing element, a ring surrounding the inner ends of the covering and spring, fastenings for clamping said band covering and spring to the outer end or said casing, a reinforcing ring or band arranged upon the outer end of the spring and its covering and means for swinging the said element in dter ent directions, substantially as and for the purpose se t ends of said body and said tube to said flanges, propellers arranged in said casings for creating a blast of air through -said tube, n ilexible, tubular steering element connected t0 the outer end of one of said casings and means for'swinging,r said element in different directions, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. In testimony whereof I hereunto aix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

THEODORE KORNBRODT.

Witnesses ANNA KOnNBnODT, ROBERT Nmsnr.. 

